Anna, Seven Years on the Frontline
Director Masha Novikova
Countries Netherlands
Duration 78 min
Synopsis
The director of Three Comrades (the winner of Investigations at doclisboa 2007) knew well Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian reporter murdered in October 7th, 2006. The filmmaker and the reporter dedicated years of theirs lives to the Chechnya conflict, unraveling the atrocities that the Kremlin authorities don’t want to recognize. With exclusive images and interviews, this portrait of Politkovskaya reconstitutes the last years of her career and her lonely struggle for the truth. Unfortunately this movie couldn’t be screened in Russia.
The director of Three Comrades (the winner of Investigations at doclisboa 2007) knew well Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian reporter murdered in October 7th, 2006. The filmmaker and the reporter dedicated years of theirs lives to the Chechnya conflict, unraveling the atrocities that the Kremlin authorities don’t want to recognize. With exclusive images and interviews, this portrait of Politkovskaya reconstitutes the last years of her career and her lonely struggle for the truth. Unfortunately this movie couldn’t be screened in Russia.